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Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border. -
The Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising core constitutional powers. The team at Trump's Trials podcast broke down how the decision could affect Trump’s legal cases.
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Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.
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Israel and Hamas are trying again this week to reach a cease-fire deal. There are some encouraging signs: Hamas appears to have shifted its position on at least one key issue.
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At least three deaths were reported after Beryl's landfall. In Houston, the storm flooded roads and took down traffic lights. Cleanup could take weeks, officials said.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Vali Nasr, Middle East Studies professor at Johns Hopkins University, about the election of a reformist president in Iran, and prospects for policy changes.
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A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released on bail while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. But ICE has indicated it may arrest him if he leaves prison.
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The Trump administration is doing a victory lap after a surprise attack on three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday. The White House is also facing pushback from some lawmakers.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi speaks with Israelis on the morning after the U.S. bombing of Iran; one man said his ruined home was the price for destroying Iran's nuclear program.
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Satellite imagery shows trucks at two key sites the day before the American strikes, suggesting uranium could have been moved.
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After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records
